Robert L. Carter
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Robert L. Carter was a prominent American civil rights attorney and later federal judge who played a key role in the NAACP’s legal campaign against school segregation, including work on the cases that led to Brown v. Board of Education.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert L. Carter canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
NAACP lawyer
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civil rights attorney ⓘ federal judge ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
desegregation of public schools
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racial equality in education ⓘ |
| affiliation |
NAACP
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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ
surface form:
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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| areaOfInfluence | United States civil rights jurisprudence ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia Law School
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Howard University School of Law ⓘ Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) ⓘ |
| employer | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity | impact litigation ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
role in Brown v. Board of Education cases
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strategic civil rights litigation ⓘ |
| legalSpecialty |
constitutional challenges to racial segregation
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school desegregation cases ⓘ |
| memberOf |
NAACP
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surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| name | Robert L. Carter self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
helped develop legal arguments challenging segregation in public education
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key role in Supreme Court school desegregation litigation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brown v. Board of Education
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surface form:
Brown v. Board of Education litigation campaign
NAACP school desegregation cases ⓘ legal strategy against school segregation ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
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judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Brown v. Board of Education
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Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
surface form:
NAACP legal campaign against school segregation
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| positionHeld | general counsel of the NAACP ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
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U.S. federal courts ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal courts
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